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Show October 4 , 1871 : 131 Broke camp at 7.50 a . m . and pulled out steadily for about 8Y2miles , when we came to a long shallow ; wound slowly along among the rocks , striking occasionally , until at last the Emma Dean hung on the bottom , and soon the Nellie Powell was fast . All hands in the water most of the time for an hour , making little more than a mile . * * * ( Con- Con ) tinued to find shoals with rock bottom ; ( cur- cur ) rent usually slow , but sometimes quite swift . In one of these places the ( Nellie Yellie ) struck with such force as to break a board ( in in- in ) the - ( center center- center ) cabin . Octobers , 1871 : running 5 rapids , 2 big ( ones ones- ones ) at the head , . ( 'of of ) one Nellie got aground . Dellenbaugh in ( "A A ) Canyon Voyage " ( Exhibit 14 ) describes similar shallow depths . CompL Exhibit 619 , page 119 , Annual Report U . S . Coast and Geodetic Survey , 1922 . ( -Kolb Kolb ) ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 214 ) ; Galloway ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 291 ) ; Nims ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 401 ) ; Lint ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 408 ) ; Clark ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 492 ) ; Stone ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 503 ) ; Rodin ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 520 ) ; Gerdine ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 534 ) ; Edwards ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 555 ) ; Kane ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 587 ) ; McDonald ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 604 ) ; Allen ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 613 ) ; Rust ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , . p . ( 616 6.16 ) ) ; Loper Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 627 ) ; Mars ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . 638 ) ; Thomas ( Abs . R . vol . 1 , p . . 644 ) ; Barnes ( Abs . R . vol . ( l 1 ) , ? p . , 655 ) ; ( Freeman Treeman ) |